Postcard from the South Pole
From this vantage point about three quarters of a mile fromplanet Earth’s geographic South Pole, theDecember 4 eclipse of the Sunwas seen as a partial eclipse.At maximum eclipse the New Moon blocked 90 percent of the solar disk.Of course, crews at theSouth Pole Telescope(left) andBICEP telescope(right) climbed to the roof ofAmundsen-Scott station’sDark Sector Laboratory to watch.
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